It feels very wrong to speak outright against Rufus like this, but this situation... It's not normal. This is not even a death threat. The Turks could handle an assassin. They could outmaneuver whoever intends to do Rufus harm and put them down forever.
But there is no putting anyone down forever, not anymore. No matter what they do, they have to play a very, very long game here. One that is absolutely unprecedented.
"I'll reschedule your meetings. You can be nowhere that the enemy could find you, sir. Because he will be looking, when he discovers what we have planned." He knows. He knows that Rufus does not like hiding, he knows that he wants to be at the forefront with his men, he knows that he wants to be different than his father. It's his hope that all of those protests will be subverted by the gentle, lingering kiss that he presses to his lips, by his low voice insisting, "You promised."
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It feels very wrong to speak outright against Rufus like this, but this situation... It's not normal. This is not even a death threat. The Turks could handle an assassin. They could outmaneuver whoever intends to do Rufus harm and put them down forever.
But there is no putting anyone down forever, not anymore. No matter what they do, they have to play a very, very long game here. One that is absolutely unprecedented.
"I'll reschedule your meetings. You can be nowhere that the enemy could find you, sir. Because he will be looking, when he discovers what we have planned." He knows. He knows that Rufus does not like hiding, he knows that he wants to be at the forefront with his men, he knows that he wants to be different than his father. It's his hope that all of those protests will be subverted by the gentle, lingering kiss that he presses to his lips, by his low voice insisting, "You promised."